👶Namakaran, Annaprashan & Mundan
Namakaran, Annaprashan & Mundan Muhurat, March 2026
Read day by day, March 2026 yields no date for a child samskara once Meena Kharmas has taken 17 of its 31 days. All 16 of the occasion's nakshatras came up at least once.
0
pass every filter
4
one rule short
17
in a closed period
Meena Kharmas — 15 March to 14 April · 17 days of this month
No day qualifies
Every one of the 31 days fails on at least one limb or falls in a closed period, and nakshatra alone accounts for 7 of them. 4 days came within a single rule and are listed below — that is the set worth putting to a pandit. July 2026 and September 2026 are the widest of 2026 for this rite, level at 5 days each.
Which births these days fit
The three rites share one panchang filter, so the qualifying days are the same for all three. What differs is the count from birth — days for the naming, months for the first food, years for the first hair-cut — which is why each has its own table below.
No day this month passes every filter, so the counts below run from the 4 that fell one rule short.
The same 4 days answer three different questions, and how far the answer reaches depends on the unit. Namakaran serves a window 13 days wide; Annaprashan serves a window 100 days wide; Mundan serves a window 739 days wide. That is the whole of the difference between these three rites as far as the panchang is concerned.
Namakaran (naming)
The naming falls on the 11th, 12th or 16th day from birth, so the panchang is read inside a window six days wide. In March 2026 that reaches births from 14 February 2026 to 26 February 2026: 9 dates served, 3 of them with more than one day to choose between.
| Day | Suits a child born |
|---|---|
| 1 Sun | 11th day: 19 February 202612th day: 18 February 202616th day: 14 February 2026 |
| 4 Wed | 11th day: 22 February 202612th day: 21 February 202616th day: 17 February 2026 |
| 5 Thu | 11th day: 23 February 202612th day: 22 February 202616th day: 18 February 2026 |
| 8 Sun | 11th day: 26 February 202612th day: 25 February 202616th day: 21 February 2026 |
Annaprashan (first food)
Annaprashan is counted in months from birth and the count is gendered: an even month for a boy, an odd one for a girl. In March 2026 that reaches births from 1 July 2025 to 8 October 2025: 16 dates served, none of them with a choice of day.
| Day | Suits a child born |
|---|---|
| 1 Sun | 6th month, a boy: 1 September 20258th month, a boy: 1 July 20255th month, a girl: 1 October 20257th month, a girl: 1 August 2025 |
| 4 Wed | 6th month, a boy: 4 September 20258th month, a boy: 4 July 20255th month, a girl: 4 October 20257th month, a girl: 4 August 2025 |
| 5 Thu | 6th month, a boy: 5 September 20258th month, a boy: 5 July 20255th month, a girl: 5 October 20257th month, a girl: 5 August 2025 |
| 8 Sun | 6th month, a boy: 8 September 20258th month, a boy: 8 July 20255th month, a girl: 8 October 20257th month, a girl: 8 August 2025 |
Mundan (first hair-cut)
Mundan is counted in years, and many families keep it only in an odd year of age — in practice the first or the third. In March 2026 that reaches births from 1 March 2023 to 8 March 2025: 8 dates served, none of them with a choice of day.
| Day | Suits a child born |
|---|---|
| 1 Sun | 1st year: 1 March 20253rd year: 1 March 2023 |
| 4 Wed | 1st year: 4 March 20253rd year: 4 March 2023 |
| 5 Thu | 1st year: 5 March 20253rd year: 5 March 2023 |
| 8 Sun | 1st year: 8 March 20253rd year: 8 March 2023 |
One rule short — 4 days
They divide by the rule they missed: 2 on vara, 1 on nakshatra, 1 on yoga.
- 1 SunShukla Trayodashi, Pushya — short on vara: Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays
- 4 WedKrishna Pratipada, Purva Phalguni — short on nakshatra: Purva Phalguni is not in this occasion's set
- 5 ThuKrishna Dwitiya, Uttara Phalguni — short on yoga: Shula is one of the nine ashubha yogas
- 8 SunKrishna Panchami, Swati — short on vara: Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays
Which rule did the excluding
17 days of March were shut by a closure and never examined. Of the 14 that were, none passed everything; 4 missed by a single rule and 10 by two or more, though one of this rite's 16 accepted nakshatras ran on 17 days of it. Nakshatra is the binding constraint here, ruling out 7 of the 14.
| Rule | What it asks for | Days it excluded | On its own |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | anything but the 3 Rikta tithis and Amavasya, Ashtami excluded as well | 4 | — |
| Vara | Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 6 | 2 |
| Nakshatra | 16 of the 27 | 7 | 1 |
| Yoga | none of the nine ashubha yogas | 6 | 1 |
| Karana | not Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise | 3 | — |
Read the last column as a counterfactual. 2 days of March fail on vara and nothing else — 1, 8 — so a family willing to set aside that one rule has those days available. No other single relaxation buys as much.
Nakshatra supply. 16 of the 27 are accepted for this rite, and they fell on 17 days of March 2026, with Pushya coming round twice.
Weekday supply. March 2026 holds 17 days of the right weekday (Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday), 8 of them outside a closure, and not one of those survive the rest of the filter — against 17 days supplied by the 16 nakshatras. Unlike the sky's four limbs, this is the one the calendar fixes.
The three rites share one panchang filter, so the qualifying days are the same for all three. What differs is the count from birth — days for the naming, months for the first food, years for the first hair-cut — which is why each has its own table below.
Every day of March 2026, and what ruled it out
All 31 days with the verdict and the reason, each linked to its own panchang page: 17 shut before being read, 14 examined against 16 nakshatras, 0 through.
| Day | Verdict |
|---|---|
| 1 Sun | Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 2 Mon | Shukla Chaturdashi is a Rikta tithi; Ashlesha is not in this occasion's set; Atiganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 3 Tue | Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Magha is not in this occasion's set |
| 4 Wed | Purva Phalguni is not in this occasion's set |
| 5 Thu | Shula is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 6 Fri | Ganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 7 Sat | Krishna Chaturthi is a Rikta tithi; Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 8 Sun | Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 9 Mon | Vishakha is not in this occasion's set; Vyaghata is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 10 Tue | Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 11 Wed | Ashtami, avoided in most traditions for this rite; Jyeshtha is not in this occasion's set; Vajra is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 12 Thu | Krishna Navami is a Rikta tithi; Moola is not in this occasion's set |
| 13 Fri | Purva Ashadha is not in this occasion's set; Vyatipata is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 14 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 15 Sun | Meena Kharmas; Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays; Parigha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 16 Mon | Meena Kharmas |
| 17 Tue | Meena Kharmas; Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 18 Wed | Meena Kharmas; Krishna Chaturdashi is a Rikta tithi; Purva Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set |
| 19 Thu | Meena Kharmas; Amavasya |
| 20 Fri | Meena Kharmas |
| 21 Sat | Meena Kharmas; Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 22 Sun | Meena Kharmas; Shukla Chaturthi is a Rikta tithi; Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays; Bharani is not in this occasion's set; Vaidhriti is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 23 Mon | Meena Kharmas; Krittika is not in this occasion's set; Vishkambha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 24 Tue | Meena Kharmas; Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 25 Wed | Meena Kharmas |
| 26 Thu | Meena Kharmas; Ashtami, avoided in most traditions for this rite; Ardra is not in this occasion's set |
| 27 Fri | Meena Kharmas; Shukla Navami is a Rikta tithi; Atiganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 28 Sat | Meena Kharmas; Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 29 Sun | Meena Kharmas; Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays; Ashlesha is not in this occasion's set; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 30 Mon | Meena Kharmas; Magha is not in this occasion's set; Shula is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 31 Tue | Meena Kharmas; Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Purva Phalguni is not in this occasion's set; Ganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
March 2026 against the rest of 2026
Set against the other eleven months, March 2026 ranks 11th of the twelve, level with 1 other month with 0 of the year's 33. The distribution is uneven by design: the closures move by weeks from year to year, so a month open this year need not be open next.
The other six occasions in March 2026
Same 31 days, seven different filters: in March they return between 0 and 5 qualifying days, median 0. This rite’s 0 is the median itself, and the reason is the 16-nakshatra set and the 2 closures it carries.
Questions about March 2026
How many days in March 2026 are good for child samskara?
None of the 31 days passes every filter. 4 days fails on a single limb and sits in no closed period, which is the set worth discussing with a pandit — they are listed above with the limb each one missed. July 2026 and September 2026 are the widest of 2026 for this occasion, level at 5 days each.
Is any part of March 2026 closed for auspicious beginnings?
Meena Kharmas, 15 March to 14 April. The Sun is in Pisces. Auspicious beginnings are deferred through the whole transit.
Why do other sites list more child samskara dates in March 2026?
The closures alone take 17 of this month's 31 days — Meena Kharmas applies here — and a list assembled without them has 17 more days to draw on than this one does. Of the 14 that were examined, nakshatra removed 7.
Our child was born recently — will a day in March 2026 suit?
That depends on which rite and on the date of birth, because each rite's own count comes before the panchang. Take 1 March: for a namakaran it is the 11th day of a child born 19 February 2026, for an annaprashan it is the 6th month of a boy born 1 September 2025, for a mundan it is the 1st year of a child born 1 March 2025. One day, three unrelated birth dates — which is why the three tables above are separate.
Next
- Namakaran, Annaprashan & Mundan across all twelve months
- The same filter, run interactively
- Why each closed period is closed
- The March panchang in full
Computed at sunrise for New Delhi from the JPL DE421 ephemeris; all five limbs change through the day, so a day listed here can turn at noon.
Ask a pandit for the March muhurat